It has not gone unnoticed at the center that this state-of-the-art vaccine research and production is located in a state that passed one of the nation’s most extreme anti-vaccination laws during the pandemic in 2021. kffhealthnews.org/MTg0MDcxMQ via @kffhealthnews By Jim Robbins

NEW: Two heart devices linked to a handful of deaths and hundreds of injuries were recalled Monday. Some patient safety advocates ask: What took the U.S. FDA and Abbott so long to act?

Daniel Chang & Holly Hacker report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…

An analysis by KFF shows the nation’s nearly 3,000 non-profit hospitals provided $16B in charity care in 2020 compared to their roughly $28B in tax breaks.

That gap has drawn hard looks from lawmakers as high health bills drown many patients in debt.

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National efforts to increase oversight for youth residential care programs have failed for a decade. So advocates have passed protections in states including Montana, Illinois, Missouri, and Oregon.

Now, they're eyeing CA📝Molly Work californiahealthline.org/news/article/p…

'The spirit of the settlements wasn’t to keep doing what you’re doing. It was to do more,' said Robert Kent, former general counsel for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

In South Dakota, the gap was 22 years.

'It's almost blasphemy for a physician to say,' but 'the answer to addressing these things is not hiring more doctors+nurses,' a Lakota doctor said. 'The answer is having more community-based preventions.'

For KFF Health News+CBS News:

Now that I'm out of the business, I can confirm this is true.

“I don’t think she was a lost cause.”

More than 1,600 people died of overdoses in Colorado last year. The Denver Post reporter Meg Wingerter traces how one of those people fighting addiction fell through the cracks of the systems meant to help her

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Anti-abortion organizations have plans for how a Trump administration could use the 1873 Comstock Act to sharply restrict the availability of abortion nationwide. We explain.

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NEW: Instead of spending opioid settlement funds on new services, some places are using the money to generate savings. They’re paying for staff salaries and programs typically covered by other resources.

Aneri Pattani reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/o…

NEW: Some tax filers’ returns are being rejected because they failed to provide information about Affordable Care Act coverage they didn’t even know they had.

Julie Appleby reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/a…

A deeply moving and tragic story, with heartbreaking photos. Spend a few minutes with this story from Arelis R. Hernández today:

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Congratulations to AnnaWernerCBS of CBS News and the KFF Health News team of Brett Kelman, Fred Schulte, Holly Hacker and Daniel Chang on winning the 2023 George Polk Awards for Medical Reporting for 'When Medical Devices Malfunction.'

Read the award-winning work: kffhealthnews.org/medical-device…

NEW: More communities are banning fluoride in public drinking water, and the trend is alarming dental health researchers. “It’s much easier to prevent a disease than to treat it,” one public health expert said.

Melba Newsome reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/f…

New: Our KFF survey of Medicaid enrollees finds that 23% who say they were dropped during the unwinding of pandemic enrollment protections are now uninsured.

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A new study from researchers at USC Keck School of Medicine found that Latina women who ate more vegetables, fruits, and healthy oils-based foods could reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous type of high blood pressure.

Vanessa G. Sánchez reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…

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Fantastic study by David Grabowski & Amanda Chen questioning home health agencies self-reported care improvements and raising disturbing Qs about star ratings.

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NEW: In the 20 years since Arkansas started sending home letters about schoolchildren’s weight, the state’s childhood obesity rates have grown to 24% from 21%, Kavitha Cardoza reports.
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NEW: More doctors are partnering with dental hygienists to check their patients for cavities, helping to fill gaps in dental care.

Kate Ruder reports. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/d…